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bill mar has one for that specific reason. i wouldn't, but he does. why does any civilian need an ar15 assault rifle? they could unload a hundred bullets a minute. to one gives me an answer. one gun guy said they are the ferrari of guns. that's not a good enough reason to me. >> no. changing subjects here. you joined twitter november 30th, 2010. i checked last night, and you now have 3.7 million followers, and you sent more than 37,000 tweets which works out to 10,000 tweetings a year or 33 tweets a day, and the report in the diary your wife says maybe you have gone overboard. >> my wife hates it. she spends equal amount of time on ebay buying handbags. [laughter] i wouldn't mind the lecture. it's every time i get it, she's tapping away getting some, you know, brada bag. i think it's reel -- relative. i'm addicted to it. >> how do you think twitter changed the way we december seminate news in the news cycle? >> i think it changed it ire revically. i use it for many reasons, one just to book guests. it's the best way of booking people. i booked everyon
bill mar has one for that specific reason. i wouldn't, but he does. why does any civilian need an ar15 assault rifle? they could unload a hundred bullets a minute. to one gives me an answer. one gun guy said they are the ferrari of guns. that's not a good enough reason to me. >> no. changing subjects here. you joined twitter november 30th, 2010. i checked last night, and you now have 3.7 million followers, and you sent more than 37,000 tweets which works out to 10,000 tweetings a year or...
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but mars isn't. the oldest planetary material we have is from mars. it's four billion years old, just slightly older than the oldest rocks we can get at that have signs of life on earth. we have no rocks from the prebiotic transition. we have no idea how that happened. mars will give us a second insight into that and, therefore, by looking at it we will get an insight and understanding about ourselves. so if there is no life on mars, why isn't there life on mars? why not? why? what so different about it? and if you do find life, let's face it, you know, everyone's going to go up, they're going to look at i. biotech companies will be all over it. you hide low temperature washing powder or whatever, they'll isolate whatever they can. so it's a good reason to go, and it's a journey to find ourselves in itself. humans to mars is part of the long-term strategy to look at these samples and personally speaking, it's a very doable thing to do. we know a lot about how to find life. all you have to assume is that life is made of carbon and will concentrate the
but mars isn't. the oldest planetary material we have is from mars. it's four billion years old, just slightly older than the oldest rocks we can get at that have signs of life on earth. we have no rocks from the prebiotic transition. we have no idea how that happened. mars will give us a second insight into that and, therefore, by looking at it we will get an insight and understanding about ourselves. so if there is no life on mars, why isn't there life on mars? why not? why? what so different...
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as we are getting prepared for the 20 '30s to take humans all the way to mars, to take cargo to mars that could precede the humans. and tell about how this is going to be a new opportunity for commercial involvement. >> senator, that's an outstanding question. if you look at the opportunities in space, i think we have too often thought of space as a very niche place. where only very few people can go at this point in the game. i think we have to change again and look at a marketplace, much as the way thomas jefferson looked across the united states and what the potential economically would be for the nation some 250 years ago. so if we look at in that context and you look at something such as an outpost, such as outpost on the moon, following up on the what general stafford mention. not only when an outpost like a good opportunity for new wealth creation, mining of minerals have been placed on the moon, and then even on asteroids later on for thousands of years it could be mined for various uses, helium three for example, for energy production which i know you're familiar with, is on
as we are getting prepared for the 20 '30s to take humans all the way to mars, to take cargo to mars that could precede the humans. and tell about how this is going to be a new opportunity for commercial involvement. >> senator, that's an outstanding question. if you look at the opportunities in space, i think we have too often thought of space as a very niche place. where only very few people can go at this point in the game. i think we have to change again and look at a marketplace,...
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>> i want to point out in a job like working on the mars rover is, both of the current rovers, opportunity and curiosity, the project is 50% women. we have come a long way. it is largely cultural. i think for whatever reason, we haven't given girls or boys or really good female technical role model. more and more, kids are growing up developing their ideas of who they can be from the media and an example i like to give is while it is a wonderful show and very entertaining nobody watches the big bang theory and what to grow up to the sheldon. we need to to teach people we are not sheldon and there's a lot more to offer. i don't ever want to hear again and i hear all the time that girls can't do math and boys won't like me if i am smart. we don't just encourage the girls but the police. i do think lack of good cultural image of who technical people really are. >> i would like to answer that. my mother was the only female in junior out of 900 engineers at rocketdyne, one out of 900. i asked her once, mate and offhand comment, you probably have a lot of dates when you were working there, didn'
>> i want to point out in a job like working on the mars rover is, both of the current rovers, opportunity and curiosity, the project is 50% women. we have come a long way. it is largely cultural. i think for whatever reason, we haven't given girls or boys or really good female technical role model. more and more, kids are growing up developing their ideas of who they can be from the media and an example i like to give is while it is a wonderful show and very entertaining nobody watches...
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today is not necessarily about john but it is about a marred -- martian's daughter and talent has been applied to economic and social and education in our country. in her new out toy biography, marina recounts what it was like to grow up in her family and then a woman making until some of the most male dominateed boardrooms, classrooms of some of this most storied institutions in america. marina was leaning in long before the phrase leaning in hilt the popular vernacular. she is professor of business administration and public policy at the university of michigan. a former vice president and chief economist for gm. the first woman appointed to the president's council of economic advisedyear in 1972-73. she took that post from her academic position at tip. she is now retired but hat long years or very distinguished service on the boarded of directors of several companies and served on the boards of harvard and princeton, and the institute of advanced study she holds hop rare degrees from more than 20 colleges and universities. quite a woman. it's my pleasure to welcome her now. please. m
today is not necessarily about john but it is about a marred -- martian's daughter and talent has been applied to economic and social and education in our country. in her new out toy biography, marina recounts what it was like to grow up in her family and then a woman making until some of the most male dominateed boardrooms, classrooms of some of this most storied institutions in america. marina was leaning in long before the phrase leaning in hilt the popular vernacular. she is professor of...
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many decades that have come under scrutiny in people think it doesn't work to fight terrorism likey mar reading the miranda rights were questioning over longe kinf periods of time. work but in the end we dided guant bandied secret prisons are guantanamo bay but it worked in the end of a smart policing to keep americacords? safe. >> however you able to keep access?s .> for about 18 monthson t n.y.d through early 2013 we were of pe reporting for the associatedn.y press in reid met dozens ofre tr people who were willing to reald share their stories and provide documents how thise intelligence division with in the intrusiveness andto cllec intimacy and then we had people from law enforcement end those that help to crack wow the case were those that we do professionally.zo coes >> the first call comes fromliss vermont. >> caller: i am wonderingto about your background i justal. think it is so unusual. >>. premed stent >> guest: i am what happens if you are thei a premed student death fails chemistry. i was i went to a wonderful liberal arts school in a t biology major i did not go to medical
many decades that have come under scrutiny in people think it doesn't work to fight terrorism likey mar reading the miranda rights were questioning over longe kinf periods of time. work but in the end we dided guant bandied secret prisons are guantanamo bay but it worked in the end of a smart policing to keep americacords? safe. >> however you able to keep access?s .> for about 18 monthson t n.y.d through early 2013 we were of pe reporting for the associatedn.y press in reid met dozens...
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leaders like del mar. in and phyllis lion who still carry on, despite the passing of del. frank kennedy, barrick lost and, if your margin. [applause] despite all their accomplishments i suspect not one of them would claim to have made the loan. in communities across the country they came together with lovers, friends carry compatriots in the struggle for human rights, they created families. chosen families. well the community suddenly did not invent the idea of a dozen family i believe through necessity and through our struggle to survive and to love for the may have perfected. [applause] i have been in this movement along time, and we have changed everything from the words we use to describe our love for each other to changing the words we use in our marriage campaigns. we learned over time and through more than a few losses what truly touches people's emotions and what changes their votes, that a vote is a personal thing, that it is as much a thing of the harnesses of the mind. and we work, as we work to gain recognition of our relationships we have learned that talking
leaders like del mar. in and phyllis lion who still carry on, despite the passing of del. frank kennedy, barrick lost and, if your margin. [applause] despite all their accomplishments i suspect not one of them would claim to have made the loan. in communities across the country they came together with lovers, friends carry compatriots in the struggle for human rights, they created families. chosen families. well the community suddenly did not invent the idea of a dozen family i believe through...
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he loved "packing for mars" and we are currently reading "gulp." are you books written for 10-year-olds? >> guest: they are written for 10-year-olds and 90-year-olds and everyone in between. thank you, is that. >> host: we will continue that and theresa writes when you said you wanted ideas for a new topic, zach thought that guns, how they shape what we do and the problems around the world in regulating them would be a good next book. any thoughts on that? >> guest: i agree. zach, that is a great idea. to try to think of my brand of humor applied to the topic of guns is a little challenging but it's a really interesting topic. i have thought about that. >> host: michael dunlap posts on her facebook page, i was surprised when he concluded at the end of "spook" that you believed in ghosts. >> guest: i get asked that a lot. the point that i was making is that the end of "spook," i was trying to make it different, point out the difference between knowledge and belief. for me to know can't to know that there are ghosts is one thing and to believe in som
he loved "packing for mars" and we are currently reading "gulp." are you books written for 10-year-olds? >> guest: they are written for 10-year-olds and 90-year-olds and everyone in between. thank you, is that. >> host: we will continue that and theresa writes when you said you wanted ideas for a new topic, zach thought that guns, how they shape what we do and the problems around the world in regulating them would be a good next book. any thoughts on that?...
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"packing for mars" the curious life of science in 2010. and this year "gulp." that facebook comes -- i'm a recent medical school grad. i read "stiff" before or after and school. and i can't change how to changed my perspective on the human body. have you ever thought about writing about psychological orderers. how an malts experience the disorders. i'm sure it's been done before but never with your human and openness. >> guest: i have thought about that. thank you very much. that is something that i feel without a medical or neuroscience background, i would feel a little bit lost and shiewn of my footing. i have stayed away. it's interesting, i wanted to recommend a couple of -- an author who has written on both topics. this woman christine mantro who is a physician and a poet. her first book was "body of work" it was about her experience in agnat my and reflection. and the next book which is coming out "fall together fire "which is about she was a resident and inpatient in a strisk unit. it's about tal mental illness. so, yeah, i have. it's kind of a natural t
"packing for mars" the curious life of science in 2010. and this year "gulp." that facebook comes -- i'm a recent medical school grad. i read "stiff" before or after and school. and i can't change how to changed my perspective on the human body. have you ever thought about writing about psychological orderers. how an malts experience the disorders. i'm sure it's been done before but never with your human and openness. >> guest: i have thought about that....
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it looks at the surface of mars. you don't have much out there. in the desert floor at that time of the year, the hard mass. they did in the day again for shelter. there were a up. they could not get it into the ground. very hard today. not like you would see unless you have heavy equipment to dig down further. our panel was bad. on many aspects of this that we seem to be unprepared for when they went into the first night. the court, when he went down, actually three prepped with a rescue helicopter. so if they had just called one of them, notified properly, 45 minutes and 45 minutes out the cut got them off the ground and where he needed to be. he was communicating, would not have been a problem. but unfortunately they did not like how he got shot down. how he gets shut down as the starter all this, the friendly fire shoot and the mistakes that are made. and the way -- the mistakes and the flying of it, to me, it comes down to the fact that, well, is training officer did not shoot him down to clarify that point. these of the one it. because he br
it looks at the surface of mars. you don't have much out there. in the desert floor at that time of the year, the hard mass. they did in the day again for shelter. there were a up. they could not get it into the ground. very hard today. not like you would see unless you have heavy equipment to dig down further. our panel was bad. on many aspects of this that we seem to be unprepared for when they went into the first night. the court, when he went down, actually three prepped with a rescue...
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we will dig through the soil of mars and look for life. that will get the best biologists. with that the nasa portfolio today? has biology, chemistry, physics, geology, planetary geologist, aerospace engineers, mechanical engineers, and electrical engineers. all the stem fields with science, technology, engineering and math represented in the nasa portfolio, held the nasa pumps that, is the fly wheel that society taps for innovation. >> over the last 15 years booktv has aired 40,000 programs about nonfiction books and authors. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> this weekend booktv is live from austin for the texas book festival, coverage starts today at 11:00 eastern and includes two panels looking back at the november '63 assassination of jfk. sunday's coverage starts at noon and includes alan wiseman on our future on planet earth and looking at the texas wind power industry. the texas book festival live this weekend in booktv on c-span2. don't forget you have a few days to post your comments on a book club selection walking with the wind, congressman john lewis on the ea
we will dig through the soil of mars and look for life. that will get the best biologists. with that the nasa portfolio today? has biology, chemistry, physics, geology, planetary geologist, aerospace engineers, mechanical engineers, and electrical engineers. all the stem fields with science, technology, engineering and math represented in the nasa portfolio, held the nasa pumps that, is the fly wheel that society taps for innovation. >> over the last 15 years booktv has aired 40,000...
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. >> a mars exploration summit focusing on the challenges facing a manned mission to mars. but first, a discussion on how government surveillance is affecting online privacy. >> i am extremely pleased to have a very distinguished group of panelists who, actually, many of them have flown in from different parts of the country. it's a particularly interesting group today because we have technologists, we've got researchers, we've got an activist, and we have a lawyer. so we have what i think of as the perfect spectrum of digital rights defenders sitting in one room today willing to talk to you very frankly about their thoughts on government surveillance, what the problems are, and what you and i should be trying to do about it and whether or not there's even anything we can do about it. i'm hoping to sort of move back and forth free flow style between government surveillance issues and privacy issues as far as consumer and corporate collection of data. and so as this sort of moves along, feel free to, again, write your questions down. i'm going to go through and introduce peo
. >> a mars exploration summit focusing on the challenges facing a manned mission to mars. but first, a discussion on how government surveillance is affecting online privacy. >> i am extremely pleased to have a very distinguished group of panelists who, actually, many of them have flown in from different parts of the country. it's a particularly interesting group today because we have technologists, we've got researchers, we've got an activist, and we have a lawyer. so we have what...
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i mean, i do talk about it a bit in "packing for mars." i did the roswell incident in some of it, because what the military -- some of their projects had to do with mannequins. they were dropping mannequin down and testing, i forget exactly what they were testing, but the mannequins had three fingers only, and some people would see them briefly before they were taken away in a truck, and they're like, oh, they were like weird aliens. but anyway, so i did step into that world a little bit, but i'm hesitant to drive all the way under. and what was the -- >> host: about the exploding people at the end of -- >> guest: oh, yeah. they didn't exactly explode them, it was vibration. they were going to either shake them or vibrate them or use ultrasound to break up the frozen remains. and they would then be composted. so it was a human composting, a very mechanically complex human composting process called promession. and suzanne in sweden is still working on that and has people interested in a whole bunch of different countries. the, i'm not sure
i mean, i do talk about it a bit in "packing for mars." i did the roswell incident in some of it, because what the military -- some of their projects had to do with mannequins. they were dropping mannequin down and testing, i forget exactly what they were testing, but the mannequins had three fingers only, and some people would see them briefly before they were taken away in a truck, and they're like, oh, they were like weird aliens. but anyway, so i did step into that world a little...
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. >> host: jo said your dad was there and stayed with your mar. >> guest: that's the other point. here i am thing thinking my dad was not a lovable guy. he got up every day, worked hard, came home, wasn't an alcoholic, wasn't abusive. he and my mom resolved things in an intelligent way. why i thought he didn't love me is beyond me, and one of the reason is wrote the book is to tell people, many who have had bad experiences with their own dad, boys and girls, often there's no manual. these people had no better experience. they did the betts they could. if they were there they did their jobbings, the role model, and as long as the old map is above the ground you can still reach out and perhaps repair the relationship, which ills what i did. i was living in cleveland and met my uncle mitchell uncle lived with my dad before my dad empty my mother. none of which i knew. so imagine growing up with a man who had no friends, when the phone rang it was always for my mom, and fast forward. i meet a man who knew my father before he met my mother, and my uncle lived will him for a year, when
. >> host: jo said your dad was there and stayed with your mar. >> guest: that's the other point. here i am thing thinking my dad was not a lovable guy. he got up every day, worked hard, came home, wasn't an alcoholic, wasn't abusive. he and my mom resolved things in an intelligent way. why i thought he didn't love me is beyond me, and one of the reason is wrote the book is to tell people, many who have had bad experiences with their own dad, boys and girls, often there's no manual....
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the iraqi desert looks like the surface of mars. there's not much of the. on the desert for that time of year, the knights and shovels they can to dig in to shoulder, it's like digging -- they can get in the ground. it was very hard to dig. it wasn't salty sand like you would see a lesser heavy equipment to dig down for the. the hardpan was a bad. there are many aspects of this that they were unprepared for when it went into that first night. the quarter we went down was actually pre-prep with rescue helicopters. so if you just called one of them, they notified react properly, 45 minutes in, 45 minutes out, they could have gotten off the ground. he was commuting. so that wouldn't have been a problem. but, unfortunately, they did like how he got shot down. how he got shot down started all this. the friendly fire issue. and the mistakes that were made. and the way, the mistakes and the flying of it to become a comes down to the fact that, while his commanding officer did not shoot them down, to clarify that point, he's not the one who did it, but because he b
the iraqi desert looks like the surface of mars. there's not much of the. on the desert for that time of year, the knights and shovels they can to dig in to shoulder, it's like digging -- they can get in the ground. it was very hard to dig. it wasn't salty sand like you would see a lesser heavy equipment to dig down for the. the hardpan was a bad. there are many aspects of this that they were unprepared for when it went into that first night. the quarter we went down was actually pre-prep with...
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the first sheet contained a neatly handwritten message marred by numerous capital session and spelling errors. but there was no mistaking its meaning. it read, success through death, athletics of the captain will leave the cabin. there are four of us and two bombs. do what you're told and no shooting will take place. your copilot and navigate i deleted happen for pace of corporate take seats to the rear of the aircraft. place aircraft on i pilot a pleasure in on top of your head, leave the cabin door open. signed, weatherman of california. you have two minutes to the other sheet was filled with a diagram of what appeared to be a briefcase. selva rectangles each labeled one through four were sketched inside the drawing. a calm explain the briefcase is content. it read, for men, three guns and two bombs, one, plastic explosives, c-4. two, clock. three, batteries. four, one concussion grenade "one second after" the pin is pulled. keep smiling. turn over. she turned to note over. was just one more sentence. to the captain, and don't stop. holder raised his left hand so the stewardesses con
the first sheet contained a neatly handwritten message marred by numerous capital session and spelling errors. but there was no mistaking its meaning. it read, success through death, athletics of the captain will leave the cabin. there are four of us and two bombs. do what you're told and no shooting will take place. your copilot and navigate i deleted happen for pace of corporate take seats to the rear of the aircraft. place aircraft on i pilot a pleasure in on top of your head, leave the...
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is such a mission absolutely necessary to help us get to mars or are there alternatives and are there alternative missions as well that can replace that mission to the asteroid? >> as we looked at the mengin to an asteroid that is in 2010 national space policy of the u.s., in addition to being widely accepted there were some shortcomings noted by some of the people that appeared before the committee. i know to -- i note as we look back over time there's been several presidents that have talked about mars. it was noted by the committee. they also recognize that there are different paths that one could go if that was in fact the chosen destination in derwood may be looking at integrating some of the other aspects of nasa's work. for example, if that was the strategic goal, then you would look at the robotic missions that would support going there. >> do you think we should reconsider that to the near earth asteroid? >> the committee didn't address that directly but there were many questions that concern that has the past forward. other work in terms of technology aeronautics getting thr
is such a mission absolutely necessary to help us get to mars or are there alternatives and are there alternative missions as well that can replace that mission to the asteroid? >> as we looked at the mengin to an asteroid that is in 2010 national space policy of the u.s., in addition to being widely accepted there were some shortcomings noted by some of the people that appeared before the committee. i know to -- i note as we look back over time there's been several presidents that have...
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shot, you wonder why politicians today don't get behind a war on cancer or don't talk up a going to mars or something. we seem to have lost that sense of bigness. hopefully it will come back. >> host: we've been talking for a short time with doug brink eley. his most recent book, cronkite, and we appreciate y >> booktv has over 150,000 twitter followers. follow booktv on twitter to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and talk directly with authors
shot, you wonder why politicians today don't get behind a war on cancer or don't talk up a going to mars or something. we seem to have lost that sense of bigness. hopefully it will come back. >> host: we've been talking for a short time with doug brink eley. his most recent book, cronkite, and we appreciate y >> booktv has over 150,000 twitter followers. follow booktv on twitter to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and talk directly with authors
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1887 when the athenian brotherhood assembled in this hall and the new york times article is entitled marred by discord. apparently one of the speakers named richard cac 40 according to the new york times, quote, the new york times is quoted, quote, after a careful study of irish history and he had come to the conclusion that the best way to right the wrongs of the oppressed country was to plant a bomb in the heart of england and there followed shears and the yell of dynamite. this speaker then attacked another speaker whose name was received with a tempest of hissing and catcalls and he had to be protected by people who were then escorted out of this all. tonight's talk will be a lot more simple than that to give you a sense of continuity and history is most fitting that we welcome the hon. harry robinson, former president of the republic of ireland and former u.n. high commissioner for human rights. president robinson's entire career has been devoted to the pursuit of fairness in all aspects of society. as an activist lawyer he defended the causes of women who had been marginalized and as
1887 when the athenian brotherhood assembled in this hall and the new york times article is entitled marred by discord. apparently one of the speakers named richard cac 40 according to the new york times, quote, the new york times is quoted, quote, after a careful study of irish history and he had come to the conclusion that the best way to right the wrongs of the oppressed country was to plant a bomb in the heart of england and there followed shears and the yell of dynamite. this speaker then...
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we're going to dig through the source of mars and look for life. that will give me the best biologist. look at the nasa portfolio today. it's got biology, chemistry, physics, geology, planetary geology, aerospace engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers. all the s.t.e.m. fields, science, technology, engineering and math represented in the national portfolio. a healthy nasa hopes that. a healthy nasa is a flywheel that society casts for innovations. >> over the past 15 years booktv has aired over 40,000 programs about nonfiction books and authors. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> booktv marks our 15th anniversary and this weekend we look back at 2006. the pulitzer prize for biography or autobiography went -- to look at the life of robert oppenheimer, the physicist who alleges efforts to create the atomic bomb. >> you spend the rest of his life after hiroshima trying to contain the bomb. this book is relevant to our air. his life and work stands to a warning to us all. in the late '40s, we'll hear oppenheimer's voice, in the late 1940
we're going to dig through the source of mars and look for life. that will give me the best biologist. look at the nasa portfolio today. it's got biology, chemistry, physics, geology, planetary geology, aerospace engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers. all the s.t.e.m. fields, science, technology, engineering and math represented in the national portfolio. a healthy nasa hopes that. a healthy nasa is a flywheel that society casts for innovations. >> over the past 15 years...
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. >> that's marginal cost -- >> the mar gypal cost of paper, printing and wounding. >> and shipping. >> and shipping. >> be and warehousing. [laughter] >> not necessarily. not necessarily -- >> [inaudible] >> yeah, it does. no, not necessarily. there is a, there is a deep infrastructure that is needed to support digital operations. the other thing i would mention about the state of publishing today is if you talk about the future of reading, the future of publishing, you know, where are e-books going to go, that's kind of the big question. will it be a complete swapping out of the physical for the digital media as happens in music, for example, and, you know, in film, photography, that is. in books, um, i believe there's not going to be that swapping out. now, that's today. five, ten years from now, you know, we might be speaking on something different, but today publishers are in a world where they can't be jumping tracks from the physical to the digital, truly supporting two businesses. so you're continuing to support the print business while continuing to support the digital busin
. >> that's marginal cost -- >> the mar gypal cost of paper, printing and wounding. >> and shipping. >> and shipping. >> be and warehousing. [laughter] >> not necessarily. not necessarily -- >> [inaudible] >> yeah, it does. no, not necessarily. there is a, there is a deep infrastructure that is needed to support digital operations. the other thing i would mention about the state of publishing today is if you talk about the future of reading, the...
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country, in which was learned that the queen charlotte gave peggy 500 pounds a year for her, quote, mar territorial service to the crown, end quote. that setted the question of how innocent peggy was. washington was amazed at the letter -- i won't bore you with it. but the letters that arnold writes saying the americans come join the british and come with us. he just can't believe the arrogance of him. it's a wonderful quote about that. so. yes, sir? [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] >> no. and that's what -- that is so intriguing about her. the family burn they were concerned about her reputation. the family burned all of her response from 1783 to chuted on. you don't get the voice until after that. you only get drips and drapes until later. then a voice emerges, as i said, one of the people you can compare it to was hillary clinton. she's brilliant. she's a the too. she knows arnold is not so practical. she is the brains. she's the caretaker. and not lady macbeth, i don't think she has an easy life. let me just put it that way. yes? [inaudible] >> for awhile. [inaudible] no. the -- a
country, in which was learned that the queen charlotte gave peggy 500 pounds a year for her, quote, mar territorial service to the crown, end quote. that setted the question of how innocent peggy was. washington was amazed at the letter -- i won't bore you with it. but the letters that arnold writes saying the americans come join the british and come with us. he just can't believe the arrogance of him. it's a wonderful quote about that. so. yes, sir? [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] >>...
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leaders like del mar. in and phyllis lion who still carry on, despite the passing of del. frank kennedy, barrick lost and, if your margin. [applause] despite all their accomplishments i suspect not one of them would claim to have made the loan. in communities across the country they came together with lovers, friends carry compatriots in the struggle for human rights, they created families. chosen families. well the community suddenly did not invent the idea of a dozen family i believe through necessity and through our struggle to survive and to love for the may have perfected. [applause] i have been in this movement along time, and we have changed everything from the words we use to describe our love for each other to changing the words we use in our marriage campaigns. we learned over time and through more than a few losses what truly touches people's emotions and what changes their votes, that a vote is a personal thing, that it is as much a thing of the harnesses of the mind. and we work, as we work to gain recognition of our relationships we have learned that talking
leaders like del mar. in and phyllis lion who still carry on, despite the passing of del. frank kennedy, barrick lost and, if your margin. [applause] despite all their accomplishments i suspect not one of them would claim to have made the loan. in communities across the country they came together with lovers, friends carry compatriots in the struggle for human rights, they created families. chosen families. well the community suddenly did not invent the idea of a dozen family i believe through...
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into the city. 1868 and there is a area of finding douglass in and out of the building when he was mar willed. and he was marld and he would walk from his home in annacostia x the streets of washington and an interesting item in the tribune that said that frederick douglass walks around as a school boy. martial and the evening star. a item circulate and this could be i believe it to be true. circulated all over the country. the item is very short. and says something to the effect that an ex-skon stand was in court the other day. and said. sir you are looking for marvel douglass when he was a fugitive. i tried hard to find him. [laughter] this is another print of douglass. the first couple of weeks on the be job. you can see black wash toneians wishing him well. so by his own admission. he was marld and come tent in the position and he really was around like the criminal element. and he kind of was you know. by his own admission he was difficult. and he was in court all of the time. and responsible for transferring folks into the jail. really. it will try your soul. but douglass knew th
into the city. 1868 and there is a area of finding douglass in and out of the building when he was mar willed. and he was marld and he would walk from his home in annacostia x the streets of washington and an interesting item in the tribune that said that frederick douglass walks around as a school boy. martial and the evening star. a item circulate and this could be i believe it to be true. circulated all over the country. the item is very short. and says something to the effect that an...
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i'll tell everyone not call me after 5:00 when i finish working, i enjoy a mar tee know or two. you can call me on the phone and i'll be lucid. there's a good chance i won't remember our conversation. >> i think that's a definition of a real drunk. there's a little bit of truth to that. my day never ended at 5:00, of course. but i -- after awhile i would take my pen and a pee of paper -- piece of paper and jot down the conversation. when called i would answer. they would never know i was drinking. my mind worked that way. i was able to be clear about what i was saying. the next day if you ask mely received a phone card i would have a hard time remembering. i have a hard time remembering whether or not i ate din are whether or not i liked it. it all came together. write about this in the book as well. when i first decided to run -- >> for mayor. >> there was a debate that was going take place which is a very affluent area all of the people who live there are voters. they care about the community. they follow politics, and it was going to be a tough audience for me because they wo
i'll tell everyone not call me after 5:00 when i finish working, i enjoy a mar tee know or two. you can call me on the phone and i'll be lucid. there's a good chance i won't remember our conversation. >> i think that's a definition of a real drunk. there's a little bit of truth to that. my day never ended at 5:00, of course. but i -- after awhile i would take my pen and a pee of paper -- piece of paper and jot down the conversation. when called i would answer. they would never know i was...
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they a list of mar -- walt disney. some of the most famous people in the world. they did get some movie stars and people like that in to the church. and they use them as pitchers for the religion. the same way that white -- wheaties puts sports stars on the box. >> did you fear for your safety work of course the book? >>. i don't like to think about those things. my last book was about al qaeda. but i think if al qaeda ever got lawyers it would be a dangerous organization. >> lawrence wright another staff writer for the new yorker. three of the five in the category. >> it's a testament to the fact that the magazine still has the resources and the courage to give write ears -- writers a chance. >> congratulations. >> thanks, again. [inaudible conversations] >> and joining us now on booktv is a very familiar face, maya ang lou. what do you think of getting the lifetime achievement award. >> it's a wonderful treat. it's a blessing. i'm grateful for it. and this important thing is to -- and add to the gratitude. i'm grateful that writers also think i'm worthy of it.
they a list of mar -- walt disney. some of the most famous people in the world. they did get some movie stars and people like that in to the church. and they use them as pitchers for the religion. the same way that white -- wheaties puts sports stars on the box. >> did you fear for your safety work of course the book? >>. i don't like to think about those things. my last book was about al qaeda. but i think if al qaeda ever got lawyers it would be a dangerous organization. >>...
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doris mar go lease, president's toarl associates. jerry -- [inaudible] buffalo news and former national press club president. laura lee, producer npr and a new member to the national press club. kim taylor, former director of press for the boston symphony orchestra and james' wife. and i'm going to skip our speaker here, and next we have donna -- [inaudible] "usa today" and former national press club president. mary lou donahue, speakers' committee member who organized today's event. john crumpler, guest of the speaker. jonathan celante, former president of the national press club. mark -- [inaudible] kiplinger personal finances. [applause] thank you all for joining us here today. i really don't need to introduce james taylor to you in that we all feel that we know him and his music. but i'll take a moment to remind you of how and why we have come to feel we know him. mr. taylor's music embodies the art of songwriting at its most personal and universal form. he is a master at describing specific, even autobiographical situations in a
doris mar go lease, president's toarl associates. jerry -- [inaudible] buffalo news and former national press club president. laura lee, producer npr and a new member to the national press club. kim taylor, former director of press for the boston symphony orchestra and james' wife. and i'm going to skip our speaker here, and next we have donna -- [inaudible] "usa today" and former national press club president. mary lou donahue, speakers' committee member who organized today's event....
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it seems in this world we can put a thing on mars and watch us pick up dirty now exactly what they are and find out there was water up on time. it just seems we can do this. i would challenge you to accelerate this as an opportunity for cost savings, but also engaging the technology of this country under something desperate for a food supply that needs more accurate assessments. can you quickly respond to that? i just get so frustrated. i'm afraid i'm going to see fishermen today. i'm not sure i want to because they know what they're going to ask me. >> senator, we hear your concerns and share interest in the possibility of electronic monitoring be more efficient than the observer system we use today. we are familiar with work being done in canada. we been up to see the corporation and make sure we are familiar with the best gear out there. as you know, we launched pilot studies in your home state waters this past year. this version includes $2.5 million to keep moving our. we share your interest in understand concerns and interests this represents for constituents and i promise you we
it seems in this world we can put a thing on mars and watch us pick up dirty now exactly what they are and find out there was water up on time. it just seems we can do this. i would challenge you to accelerate this as an opportunity for cost savings, but also engaging the technology of this country under something desperate for a food supply that needs more accurate assessments. can you quickly respond to that? i just get so frustrated. i'm afraid i'm going to see fishermen today. i'm not sure...
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let's say we all landed from mars and what is this about the senate elections next year and let's do broadly. >> in that description of how i came to work for you you forgot what you said when you hired me: i have to hire a republican and you are really not a good one. >> i wouldn't want a partisan. >> that was the point. you didn't want a partisan and didn't get one. so, let's see, mr. martian, we will not start with the basics of being a hundred members in the senate. but in 2010 the republicans were able to get the majority. they were hobbled by candidates in place like colorado and nev d nevada. in 2012 the republicans were in the position to pick up the majority and only needed four seats. not a big reach. once again, they ended up with candidates that were, you know, les than attractive to all but the most conservitive photoevot. but what they were able to do with them is sort of infect other republican candidates by association. whether heather wilson would have won the seat in new mexico is debatable. but i have to tell you i doubt she would have lost by as much as she did be
let's say we all landed from mars and what is this about the senate elections next year and let's do broadly. >> in that description of how i came to work for you you forgot what you said when you hired me: i have to hire a republican and you are really not a good one. >> i wouldn't want a partisan. >> that was the point. you didn't want a partisan and didn't get one. so, let's see, mr. martian, we will not start with the basics of being a hundred members in the senate. but in...
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another thing that is wrong is it a mars versus venus. i think we should form a movement where we are concerned for one another and all florish. >> we have been talking with hoff sommers. she has written several books and has an a new book out that was reissued. she wrote t
another thing that is wrong is it a mars versus venus. i think we should form a movement where we are concerned for one another and all florish. >> we have been talking with hoff sommers. she has written several books and has an a new book out that was reissued. she wrote t
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. >> host: let's move forward in history a little bit and talk about the 1900s, 1920s, googly elmo, mar coney and the rise of amateur radio. >> guest: the interesting thing about radio it, too, was a social immediate medium. if you look right at the beginning of the 20th century, there were enthusiasts who built radio set, and it was both a transmitter and a receiver. it couldn't do audio, so you just had to do morse code, but this was promoment inside the same way as teaching your kids to program today, building robots, that kind of stuff which i like to do with my kids. we think these are the sorts of skills that will be useful. radio was promoted as a way to improve your child because marconi had made his fortune tinkering in his parents' attic. he'd invented this technology. so if you wanted to ride the radio, the way was to get your son a radio set, and he would learn morse or code and communicate with other people. it was all great fun and very social. the problem was as more and her people kid it and as transmitters got more powerful, the fact this they were operating essentially
. >> host: let's move forward in history a little bit and talk about the 1900s, 1920s, googly elmo, mar coney and the rise of amateur radio. >> guest: the interesting thing about radio it, too, was a social immediate medium. if you look right at the beginning of the 20th century, there were enthusiasts who built radio set, and it was both a transmitter and a receiver. it couldn't do audio, so you just had to do morse code, but this was promoment inside the same way as teaching your...
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it's artificial and its mars versus venus and the women's group has to root for venus. and i think that we should form a movement where we are concerned for one another and that we all can forage. we are different but equal. >> guest: we've been talking with author and scholar christina hoff sommers. she has written the books "who stole feminism?: how women have betrayed women", "the war against boys: how misguided policies are harming our young men" and the new addition this year. .. >> next, from the 2013 gaithersburg book festival this maryland, a panel discussion on independent bookselling. >> the industry for over 20 years, and it seems for some reason or other, it is an industry is alive and well. this isn't
it's artificial and its mars versus venus and the women's group has to root for venus. and i think that we should form a movement where we are concerned for one another and that we all can forage. we are different but equal. >> guest: we've been talking with author and scholar christina hoff sommers. she has written the books "who stole feminism?: how women have betrayed women", "the war against boys: how misguided policies are harming our young men" and the new...
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>> sir, at this mar point in time -- at this particular point in time as we negotiated the original cyber bill that was considered in this body and in this committee, it was not our intention to seek regulation in association with that. it was a very light touch. i think that remains our posture with respect to going forward. the part of the executive order that seeks to catalog regulatory authorities is a effort to pull that together to see what we, what authorities do currently exist that allow regulation that's already underway and see where we go from there. we have not completed that particular -- >> okay. you would agree that voluntary compliance if people were made aware of it and made aware of the benefits of it is a better scenario than forced compliance or at least forced compliance should come after we see a failure of voluntary compliance, would you agree to that in. >> yes, sir. >> all right, thank you. i have no further questions. >> senator johnson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to follow up on questioning by both senator ayotte and senator coburn on benghazi. direct
>> sir, at this mar point in time -- at this particular point in time as we negotiated the original cyber bill that was considered in this body and in this committee, it was not our intention to seek regulation in association with that. it was a very light touch. i think that remains our posture with respect to going forward. the part of the executive order that seeks to catalog regulatory authorities is a effort to pull that together to see what we, what authorities do currently exist...
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is that the individual liberties and freedoms of each and every citizen, bringing people in from the mar gyps to the heart and soul of community is what america and the state is all about, and when we do that, that's the only way we can get as strong as we need to be to succeed in all areas that we can succeed and have the potential to succeed in. that's where i see a real change in the discussion, and i think it's incredibly healthy, and i think we're going to do great things as we include more and more people. >> inspiring, maggie. >> i agree. i find myself going back to the forefathers about liberty and justice for all. they were not thinking of us at the time -- [laughter] the reality is -- remember the reality, is the rat is the words are as current today is there was a tremendous gender gap in my generation, i think the words were very current. >> what do you mean? >> in terms of voter, and partly that with the advertising used against me was not respectful of women, and women voters responded to that, but what i find is no matter what your opinions are on issues, there are no long
is that the individual liberties and freedoms of each and every citizen, bringing people in from the mar gyps to the heart and soul of community is what america and the state is all about, and when we do that, that's the only way we can get as strong as we need to be to succeed in all areas that we can succeed and have the potential to succeed in. that's where i see a real change in the discussion, and i think it's incredibly healthy, and i think we're going to do great things as we include...
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he wrote a book about 10 years ago, and i think the subtitle was americans are from mars and europeans are from venus. [laughter] and it's a really interesting book. it's on sale at the chautauqua bookstore. and basically the point bob was trying to make was, actually bob and i were living in brussels at the same time because his wife at the time was my debut. i was ambassador to nato and she succeeded as ambassador to nato. she's a tremendous diplomatic so we're living there and the big issue of 2002 and 2003 was the united states was acting in a very martial way. by the way i supported the invasion of afghanistan and supported the invasion of iraq in those years. and we were acting in a very aggressive way to go after al qaeda and the terrorists and saddam hussein. the europeans were counseling restraint and patience and pull back and don't hit so many people, that kind of fate. i was in the middle of that debate defending president bush as us happy to do. and bob wrote this book and it does point to the different culturally. we have so much military power. it's a very available reso
he wrote a book about 10 years ago, and i think the subtitle was americans are from mars and europeans are from venus. [laughter] and it's a really interesting book. it's on sale at the chautauqua bookstore. and basically the point bob was trying to make was, actually bob and i were living in brussels at the same time because his wife at the time was my debut. i was ambassador to nato and she succeeded as ambassador to nato. she's a tremendous diplomatic so we're living there and the big issue...
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. >> so turning to chris mar vine. you're a veteran, run an organization that is bringing veterans into public service. veterans have a strong recoro running for public office at higher rates in the population. what do you say about today's veterans, coming back? did they feel less likely to run than an earlier generation? what's the motivation? they clearly have served, they want to serve more. what are they thinking? >> well, governor davis mentioned the drafts in vietnam, and, of course, something like a draft does put skin in the game for everybody; right? everybody has to be a part of it. it's a form of sighing engagement in a way, and we don't have that today. we have an all volunteer military force meaning every single perp in the military chose to do it, signed up to receiver, and they have served, and many of them when they come home, pick up the uniform, the service doesn't stop. i think contrary sometimes to poplar belief in the public, they say thank you for your service, that was enough, that was amazing.
. >> so turning to chris mar vine. you're a veteran, run an organization that is bringing veterans into public service. veterans have a strong recoro running for public office at higher rates in the population. what do you say about today's veterans, coming back? did they feel less likely to run than an earlier generation? what's the motivation? they clearly have served, they want to serve more. what are they thinking? >> well, governor davis mentioned the drafts in vietnam, and, of...
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i conclude a mars cyst because the state will take care of my neighbor. cohad a huge demonstration on behalf of legal marijuana. wow. if my child had gone to a, let's celebrate legalized marijuana i would have believed i failed as a parent utterly. the mass simple involved here, that is what preoccupies you. you're now a free to get high on marijuana. just think about what animates a lot of people? it's just painful, frankly. so, this -- and social darwinism? is this what the left uses to attack the belief -- i don't even know what belief they're attacking. what about social darwinism? that the talented and the harder working get ahead? why is that darwinism? why didn't that merit? i have in there from -- i believe it's a harvard economist, a princeton economist actually. man won a nobel peace nobel pri. and he shows how much more television poorer people watch than richer people, because richer people don't have the time to watch tv. they work so hard to get ahead. this doesn't mean that poor people don't work hard but on average, in america, by and larg
i conclude a mars cyst because the state will take care of my neighbor. cohad a huge demonstration on behalf of legal marijuana. wow. if my child had gone to a, let's celebrate legalized marijuana i would have believed i failed as a parent utterly. the mass simple involved here, that is what preoccupies you. you're now a free to get high on marijuana. just think about what animates a lot of people? it's just painful, frankly. so, this -- and social darwinism? is this what the left uses to...
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what they lincoln is mindful of how mars from coke to talk about this extensively in the book because i wanted to note that police since he took away. he signed not only was pulled over. but he is congress as. one of the things lincoln prefer to do would be solicitous of congress to keep them in the loop and make them feel as though they're part of the decision-making process when he made the decision for them. it works when he becomes president and issues a call in a certain amount of money to fund the civil war. congress increases the number of troops and the perp ration and one of the things again was mindful of. i'm convinced it's one of the reasons he decided to rent for president of poe could not make a public pronouncement about any generals without fighting. winfield scott can zachary taylor at one point he tries to replace both of them at the democratic general to run for president. lincoln tries to politicize it in a different way. because first reappointment thereof democrats, representing some important constituencies. either an import ethnic group in the country. a lot of
what they lincoln is mindful of how mars from coke to talk about this extensively in the book because i wanted to note that police since he took away. he signed not only was pulled over. but he is congress as. one of the things lincoln prefer to do would be solicitous of congress to keep them in the loop and make them feel as though they're part of the decision-making process when he made the decision for them. it works when he becomes president and issues a call in a certain amount of money to...
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from 1887 when the brotherhood assembled in this hall and "the new york times" article is entitled marred by discord. so apparently one of its speakers named richard cassoulet according to "the new york times" quote, the "new york times" is quoted not mccaffrey quote after careful study of irish history he had come to the conclusion that the best way to right the wrongs of the oppressed country was to plant it on in the heart of england. and therein followed cheers and a yell of dynamite. this speaker then attacked another speaker patrick ford whose name was received with hissing and catcalls and he had to be protected by people who were then escorted out of the hall. well, tonight's talk i am sure will be a lot more civil than that but to give you a sense of continuity and history here. it is most fitting that we welcome the honorable mary robinson former president of the republic of ireland and a former u.n. high commissioner for human rights to the cooper union. president -- career has been devoted to the pursuit of fairness in society. as an activist lawyer she defended the causes of
from 1887 when the brotherhood assembled in this hall and "the new york times" article is entitled marred by discord. so apparently one of its speakers named richard cassoulet according to "the new york times" quote, the "new york times" is quoted not mccaffrey quote after careful study of irish history he had come to the conclusion that the best way to right the wrongs of the oppressed country was to plant it on in the heart of england. and therein followed cheers...
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and the most recent triumph of partisan over national interests was the failure of president mar telly, parliamentary leader0s of 0 all parties and the business community, which is behind a lot of the parties that exist, to implement the governance agreement that was signed on christmas eve with the facilitation of an ad hoc religious group, ecumenical group, religion for peace. that pact would have sidestepped what was essence lay catch-22 situation. where the absence of a third of the senators stymied the legislature being able to name three members to a permanent council. instead, there was an agreement for transitory electoral college reached in the christmas eve agreement. the problem is now three months have passed and the agreement as not been implemented. this past week saw the first sign of movement. the legislature sent three new names to the president to be appointed. the president now has to ask the judiciary to name its own members and he has to name his own executive branch members med they all have to be sworn in at the moment, that has not occurred. they also have to be
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a fun conversation with this guy, and i thought, okay, maybe people will be interested now in what mar corubio's politics are. it's like we are opening it up, peeling it back, and now we hand it off to people who delve deeper into their politics, and i think those stimis a huge appetite for that or doing what we do, we create an appetite for people to learn about politics. right now, i think a lot of people are turned off by politicians all together, and they don't want to hear anything about tell. why not try to make them more interesting and maybe people will pay attention to what they vote orlando johnson not vote -- or not voting on and screwing up in washington, d.c.. >> media has consequences. people are informed and misinformed. from the "obama -- "baltimore sun," and i covered chemical belts, plants blew up, and i asked why it kept happening. he said the problem is what's killing us is not what we don't know, but what we know. the american public knows a lot of things that are so, like how the government works, how politics work, and they actually don't. >> right. >> you know?
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i conclude a mars cyst because the state will take care of my neighbor. cohad a huge demonstration on behalf of legal marijuana. wow. if my child had gone to a, let's celebrate legalized marijuana i would have believed i failed as a parent utterly. the mass simple involved here, that is what preoccupies you. you're now a free to get high on marijuana. just think about what animates a lot of people? it's just painful, frankly. so, this -- and social darwinism? is this what the left uses to attack the belief -- i don't even know what belief they're attacking. what about social darwinism? that the talented and the harder working get ahead? why is that darwinism? why didn't that merit? i have in there from -- i believe it's a harvard economist, a princeton economist actually. man won a nobel peace nobel pri. and he shows how much more television poorer people watch than richer people, because richer people don't have the time to watch tv. they work so hard to get ahead. this doesn't mean that poor people don't work hard but on average, in america, by and larg
i conclude a mars cyst because the state will take care of my neighbor. cohad a huge demonstration on behalf of legal marijuana. wow. if my child had gone to a, let's celebrate legalized marijuana i would have believed i failed as a parent utterly. the mass simple involved here, that is what preoccupies you. you're now a free to get high on marijuana. just think about what animates a lot of people? it's just painful, frankly. so, this -- and social darwinism? is this what the left uses to...
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leader or platoon leader, is, you know, and there's some who could carry the 175 pounds and do the mar of. i'm not claiming otherwise. say she carries a hundred pounds, does fine, and somebody else, a big football player on her squad carries 170, and it equals out. they respect the heck out of her for her ability to lead and understand the place they are working and fighting, and i think that works. that's my impression, but if she carries 50 pounds or 40 or 30 and the other guy carries 1 -- carries 200 to make up for it. i can't justify that. you can have some flex the. not everybody has to be equally strong or good in the aspect of the broader soldiering, but you have to at least approach the current standards because i think there are some combat scenarios where they are still important. >> i don't think anyone in the audience would disagree with the physical component to combat. i think what's going to be interested, and you hit on the theme, and i'm sure the audience has questions on this is what should the standards be? what are we doing to study the sanders? in-- standards? in t
leader or platoon leader, is, you know, and there's some who could carry the 175 pounds and do the mar of. i'm not claiming otherwise. say she carries a hundred pounds, does fine, and somebody else, a big football player on her squad carries 170, and it equals out. they respect the heck out of her for her ability to lead and understand the place they are working and fighting, and i think that works. that's my impression, but if she carries 50 pounds or 40 or 30 and the other guy carries 1 --...
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the word website was, you know, you might as well have been talking about something on the service of mars let alone was there any ability to conduct government transactions online. but a few years after we lost the niche -- launched the initiative we launched book called quality access america reengineering through information technology." in an age when less than 25% of the public was online. we actually released this four years later, this was in '97, even then less than 25% were online. this report summarized what was to come. the internet would be used to bring information to the public on the terms. information technology made it possible to begin implementation of a nationwide electronic benefits transfer program to integrate information in the criminal justice community and provide simplified employer tax filing and reporting. it also began the integration of government information through the creation of firstgov.gov. the first comprehensive web portal in 2002. today it's u.s.a..gov. it's to offer u.s. citizens one-stop access to u.s. information. this innovation was quickly sprea
the word website was, you know, you might as well have been talking about something on the service of mars let alone was there any ability to conduct government transactions online. but a few years after we lost the niche -- launched the initiative we launched book called quality access america reengineering through information technology." in an age when less than 25% of the public was online. we actually released this four years later, this was in '97, even then less than 25% were...
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husband is a planetary scientist is especially interested in the origin of the moon and history of mars. as a graduate student, he adventures in florida friends had figured out how to drive to the amazing volcanic field in northwest sonora. the reason for going there was to find out more about the craters on the moon. after bill and i met, i started going on the trips. i was immediately captivated by the mystique of the place of special importance for the natural waterholes. these are the focus of life, animal and human life. one thing led to another. i began to learn about others bless all tests is the most important waterhole of the region. now they are separated by a modern border, but the border is new in the overall scheme of humanist terry. to the clever and reselling of people who for many generations have called this one notable desert home, the tinajas made life possible as they undertook their journey throughout the region. as my friend says referring to the fact there are communities on both sides of the border, he says we didn't cross border. the border crossed us. why did i
husband is a planetary scientist is especially interested in the origin of the moon and history of mars. as a graduate student, he adventures in florida friends had figured out how to drive to the amazing volcanic field in northwest sonora. the reason for going there was to find out more about the craters on the moon. after bill and i met, i started going on the trips. i was immediately captivated by the mystique of the place of special importance for the natural waterholes. these are the focus...
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house stripped that out and kept it more mar narrowly focused. that's a big divide between the two chamber. maybe deal with short term stopgap measure. getting a bigger deal on the farm bill could be hard as well. >> host: we're talking with susan of the "washington examiner." and "politico" senior congressional reporter. taking your calls and questions on congress' agenda now they are officially back in session after the five-week recess. linda is for texas on our democratic line. linda, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i have two things i would like to ask. one is do you know anything in the obama act or coming up in congress that deals with how they treat people who are attending pain clinics who are being made to take urine tests because they're taking certain medications? and also, have to turn over a list of controlled medication to the state police now. if you are taking those substances. that's my first question. i find highly insulting, and very disturbing that they texas, of course, would be the first state to jump on the wagon. w
house stripped that out and kept it more mar narrowly focused. that's a big divide between the two chamber. maybe deal with short term stopgap measure. getting a bigger deal on the farm bill could be hard as well. >> host: we're talking with susan of the "washington examiner." and "politico" senior congressional reporter. taking your calls and questions on congress' agenda now they are officially back in session after the five-week recess. linda is for texas on our...
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the credit belongs to the man or the woman actually in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again. because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasm, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement. and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." yeah, you can avoid risk. you can avoid doing the hard thing. you can avoid doing the things that you might get politically blamed. you can stay silent and hope that the other party gets blamed because there will be political benefits for that. but i'm going to suggest to you, that's not doing our job. that's not what we were elected to do. we were elected to stand up and fight to do the hard things for the men and women of this country, because, you know what? it is an extraordinary, i
the credit belongs to the man or the woman actually in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again. because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasm, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement. and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while...
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dig through the soil on mars, geology, planetary geology, engineers, all the stem fields. that's represented in the nasa portfolio. a healthy nasa pumps that, a fly wheel that society taps for innovations. >> over the past 15 years, booktv aired over 40,000 programs about nonfiction books and authors. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >>> booktv live this weekend from austin texas for the austin book festival. visit us online for a complete schedule of events. we're back in a few minutes with the next pam. -- panel. >> spent the rest of the life after hiroshima to contain the botch. this book is relative to the 9/11 era. his life and work is a warning to us all, and, you know, in late 40s, we'll hear the voice, and in the late 1940 #s, he was invited to an executive session of the u.s. senate asked by a senator, this is about 1947, two years after hiroshima, would it be possible for four or five men to construct a crude atomic device, put in a suitcase, a crate, smuggle it into a ship off the new york harbor. he said, yes, of course, that would be easy. the senator just st
dig through the soil on mars, geology, planetary geology, engineers, all the stem fields. that's represented in the nasa portfolio. a healthy nasa pumps that, a fly wheel that society taps for innovations. >> over the past 15 years, booktv aired over 40,000 programs about nonfiction books and authors. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >>> booktv live this weekend from austin texas for the austin book festival. visit us online for a complete schedule of events. we're back in a few...